John Avalos, chief growth officer at Arcfield since March, has been appointed chief operating officer at the Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered government and mission support services company. He will continue to manage growth and technology functions, provide operational oversight for the company’s three business sectors and help plan for futu...
Dan Sallet, formerly vice president of finance for the electronic systems sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has been promoted to senior VP of finance, succeeding Guy Montminy, who is retiring from the company in 2024. Sallet will work as part of the BAE Systems Inc. senior leadership team and report directly to President and...
A BAE Systems business arm has secured a potential five-year, $319 million single-award contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to deliver Military Code-capable GPS receivers to the U.S. Army. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will provide Miniature-PLGR-Engine-M-code cards and incidental software updates under ...
Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business has received a potential 15-year, $486.9 million contract from NASA to build a sounder instrument for the space agency’s Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ball Aerospace & Technologies will provide spacecraft integration a...
BAE Systems was awarded a $797 million initial order to proceed with full-rate production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle for the U.S. Army. The service branch said Thursday the contract value could reach $1.6 billion if it exercises options to order additional units of the AMPV, which is designed to replace the M113 family of...
A new McAleese & Associates report shows that defense prime contractors posted a 7 percent to 9 percent rise in sales during the second quarter of 2022 and record-high backlogs as the Department of Defense accelerates contract awards. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the...
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business a $113.1 million contract modification to procure modernized units of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. BAE will provide M2A4 and M7A4 ground armored vehicles to the service branch, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Army used its fiscal 2022 and 2023 procurement funds f...
A subsidiary of BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm will provide software development and maintenance, technical support and fleet services under a $91.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services was tapped to deliver system and subsystem support services to the Navy, Marine Corps, Military Sealift Command, ...
BAE Systems has agreed to acquire Ball’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business for approximately $5.55 billion as part of efforts to accelerate the British defense contractor’s space market strategy and expand its technology offerings for the U.S. government. “This marquee acquisition would advance our company’s position in some of the fastest...
BAE Systems is in discussions with Westminster, Colorado-based Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) to purchase the latter’s aerospace division in a potential deal worth more than $5 billion. If an agreement is reached, the British defense contractor would take over the business that manufactures instruments and sensors for military, aerospace and national...
